By DONITA NAYLOR
Journal staff writer
NEWPORT R.I. -- Alone for a moment in the information island at the Newport visitor's center, Earl Collins, 64, said he had seen lots of people Friday asking how best to enjoy their day off from intense basketball.
Most wanted to know about the mansions, and [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As predicted, Providence broke a record for warmth on this Friday.
The temperature in the Providence area has reached 67 degrees, according to Jeremiah Pyle, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass. That's four degrees higher than the previous record for March 19, which was set [...]
Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller has fined Blue Cross $325,000 and ordered it to repay roughly $1.8 million in overcharges to small businesses.
The money will be divided among 3,700 businesses that were charged too much in premiums in 2007 and 2008 because Blue Cross & Blue Shield of [...]
In a letter to supporters, Representative James Langevin confirms what he has long telegraphed - he will be a vote in favor of health reform. Langevin's pro-life views had raised some questions about whether he would back a Senate version of the bill containing less stringent restrictions on federal funding [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith sentenced Jarrod Cole, 28, of Providence, to five years imprisonment and three years supervised release on Friday for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced.
On April 30, according to Neronha's news release, [...]
By John E. Mulligan
Journal Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama has given Liberians in the United States an 18-month extension of their immigration status, granting what has become a regular renewal of legal residency for refugees who first fled their homeland when civil war broke out in the late [...]
WARWICK. R.I. - - The Warwick police are trying to find the people who smashed the windows of 20 cars and stole items inside early Friday morning in three hotels in the city.
The majority of the larcenies happened at the Hilton Garden Inn at 1 Thurber St. off [...]
By John E. Mulligan
Journal Washington bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. James R. Langevin removed any doubt Friday about a decision at which he has hinted at for months: the Rhode Island Democrat will support legislation to overhaul the nation's medical system when it comes to a vote in the [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A fire damaged a three-story tenement in the Silver Lake neighborhood Friday morning.
Battalion Chief Joseph Desmarais said firefighters, who were summoned around 9 a.m., found a fire in a bathroom area on the first floor at 18 Barrows St.
He said the flames were extinguished swiftly, and damage [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Eighteen Rhode Island children poisoned by lead paint have settled lawsuits against their former landlords.
Vincent Greene, a lawyer representing the children, announced the settlements Friday but said the terms were confidential.
Greene says the children who sued were exposed to lead before they were 6 years old [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - A 24-year-old Providence man, one of three civilians arrested along with three Providence police officers on drug charges earlier this month, had his bail set at $25,000 with surety Friday in District Court.
Jameson Hassett, 24 -- who was arrested in Operation Deception, a four-month cocaine [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Foxy Lady, the strip club on Chalkstone Avenue, heavily promoted its Friday Leggs & Eggs Rock & Roll Breakfast Show to fans in town for the NCAA basketball tournament. The club took out newspaper ads, handed out flyers, offered a free shuttle service from the [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Michael Avila, 25, of Worcester, Mass., has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm; it was announced Friday by U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha.
Neronha said in a news release that Avila, who had pleaded not [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Retired Superior Court Judge Mark Pfeiffer is mulling a possible Republican run for the 1st Congressional District seat opened by Democrat Patrick J. Kennedy's decision not to seek reelection.
Pfeiffer served on the court from October 1988 until March 2009, when he retired. He is receiving' [...]
With the rising temperature apparently heading for a record, the U.S. Coast Guard has warned boaters that inland and coastal Northeast waters are still "dangerously cold."
"The high air temperatures this weekend can be very deceptive to boaters and paddlers who think it's the perfect opportunity to be out on the" [...]
With the rising temperature apparently heading for a record, the U.S. Coast Guard has warned boaters that inland and coastal Northeast waters are still "dangerously cold."
"The high air temperatures this weekend can be very deceptive to boaters and paddlers who think it's the perfect opportunity to be out on the" [...]
REHOBOTH, Mass. -- A 38-year-old Rehoboth woman has been charged with murder following the death of her 2-year-old son Friday morning at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Bristol County, Mass. District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter announced Friday afternoon.
Kim H. Peno, 38, of 19 Blanding Road, will be arraigned on a' [...]
REHOBOTH, Mass. -- A two-year-old boy who allegedly was assaulted by his mother Thursday died Friday morning in Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Bristol County, Mass. District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter announced Friday.
Greg Miliote, spokesman for Sutter, said additional information would be released later on Friday.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's St. Joseph's Day, and Mayor David N. Cicilline will host a celebration at City Hall.
Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is the guest speaker. Soprano Loriana De Crescenzo will perform Italian folk songs, including "O Sole Mio". Guests will also be treated to [...]
Urban Agriculture Spring Kickoff Party at the Highlander Charter School, 42 Lexington Avenue (Broad & Lexington in South Providence).
Southside Community Land Trust and the Providence Community Gardens Network will be celebrating the start of Spring tomorrow at the Urban [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Dedham, Mass., man whose body was found in the Woonasquatucket River Tuesday died from drowning, the state Medical Examiner's office has ruled. A spokeswoman said in an interview that the circumstances do not appear suspicious.
The body of Gregory Hart, 23, was found by friends Tuesday. He' [...]
Hard to believe it was just a year ago...
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Portsmouth's wind turbine generator going online, and according to figures from the Planning Dept., it is running at 110% of estimated production, and has generated electricity worth more than $550,000 [...]
Journal photo/ Mary Murphy
The vacant, boarded up two-family house on the left at 323-325 Dexter Street was damaged by fire early Friday morning.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Investigators remain at the scene Friday of an early morning fire in a vacant three-story structure in the [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It looks like we'll break a record for warmth on this Friday.
The National Weather Service forecasts a high of 70 degrees in the Providence area. That's right, 70 degrees. That's not a typo.
If the forecasters are correct, we should easily break the old record of' [...]
On the local front:
A year ago today:
Fourteen protesters are arrested in an unsuccessful attempt to block an auction of the assets of East Providence's Colibri Group, which closed down with no warning on Jan. 15, leaving 280 employees without jobs. While the invitation-only auction went on inside [...]
Consumer Broadband Test Update at the Broadband.gov blog:
Thanks to the over 150,000 unique users who have taken over 300,000 Consumer Broadband Tests, as well as the nearly 4,000 addresses submitted to the broadband Dead Zone Report. The popularity of the consumer tools has exceeded our expectations...
(I [...]
Friday —@Lupo’s, Joshua Tree, Misstallica @AS220, Herman the Great, Psychedelic Horseshit, Panther Moderns @Jerky’s, Yonrico Scott, Funkatronic @Club Hell, For What It’s Worth,Usual Suspects, The Egos
Saturday — @Jerky’s (BRU Rock Hunt semi-finals), Flight Patterns, Herra Terra, You Scream I Scream @AS220, Jerkus [...]
As always, PDD readers should feel free to attend for free. The Athenaeum is at the intersection of Benefit and College Streets.
Friday, 5pm-7pm
Part Twelve: WRNI’s political team, Scott MacKay and Ian Donnis, on the switch from print to radio journalism, and the changing media landscape.
MacKay [...]
Sgouros addresses supporters.
Democratic candidate for RI Treasurer, Tom Sgouros, kicked off his campaign tonight at a packed fundraiser at the Hi-Hat in Providence, with high-energy music from the What Cheer? Brigade, and a high-octane introduction from former gubernatorial candidate Myrth York.
"Tom is the poster child for" [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Massachusetts man whose body was found in the Woonasquatucket River on Tuesday appeared to have drowned and showed no evidence of foul play, according to a preliminary autopsy by the state medical examiner's office.
The findings by Dr. Charles Catanese were included in a Providence police report [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Toronto residents Ray Mullin, 54, and his wife, Mary, and her mother, and Mary's sister from East Greenwich and her three sons had been waiting an hour to get seated at the Cheesecake Factory at Providence Place.
It was nearly 7 p.m. The hostess told them [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man in a shirt with a Spider logo thanked a woman going up the escalator at the Providence Place mall and hurried onto the down escalator to direct himself and his friend to the right bar.
"We came up to take a beating," said Dwight Altorelli, 60, [...]
By Amanda Milkovits
Journal Staff Writer
DEDHAM, Mass. -- The new blue shirt and soft green tie that Gregory Hart intended to wear Monday for the first day of his new job still hung in his closet.
His younger sister Victoria, who had convinced Gregory to buy the tie, [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Waiting on Sabin Street for the shuttle back to the Radisson Hotel Providence Harbor, Ken Gummer, 38, of Fresno, Calif., explained why he was on the East Coast when there were NCAA closer to home.
"I'm here to watch basketball games, good basketball," he said. "That's the'" [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The City Council on Thursday night will vote on a number of proposed resolutions dealing with the Police Department and the mayor's office.
Among them are requests that Mayor David N. Cicilline fire Police Chief Dean Esserman, hire a public safety commissioner or hire an outside consulting [...]
Some photos from The Dunk area this afternoon:
New England Cable News reporter:
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The party tents outside Murphy's on Fountain Street ran out of hot sausages, hamburgers and hot dogs Thursday afternoon and someone had to run out and buy more, said a former waitress hired back for the slam of customers during NCAA tournament play at the Dunk.
The [...]
The second game of the day at the Dunkin' Donuts Center wasn't as exciting as the first, as number-10 seed St. Mary's pulled off a minor upset of seventh-seeded Richmond, 80-71. The score was tied at the half, but St. Mary's took firm control after the break and led by [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Inside the Dunkin' Donuts Center, the NCAA has covered up all the advertising signs. But right outside the arena, representatives from local businesses were busy handing out leaflets Thursday to the passing crowd.
A contingent from the Foxy Lady strip club was promoting the Leggs & Eggs Rock' [...]
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A child was injured Wednesday when she was struck by a neighbor's car that went out of control car in front of the girl's house, according to Col. Joseph P. Moran III, chief of police.
Kaylee Alvarez, 8, of 55 Watson St. was treated in Hasbro [...]
